College Football Playoff Semifinals Begin at 5 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. ET on January 1

ESPN will televise more than 35 college football bowl games this upcoming December and January, once again solidifying itself as the home of post-season college football. The industry-leading slate starts with five bowls on Saturday, Dec. 16, including the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl (noon ET) on ABC – one of the 13 owned and operated games by ESPN Events. The Las Vegas Bowl (3:30 p.m.) is the second game of ABC’s doubleheader that day, while the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (1 p.m.), Gildan New Mexico Bowl (4:30 p.m.) and Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (8 p.m.) will complete ESPN’s tripleheader.

ESPN’s bowl schedule resumes Tuesday, Dec. 19, and will continue almost daily for the next 13 days. In that time period, ESPN will televise multiple games per day regularly, including three games on five different days, four games on Saturday, Dec. 30, and five games on Monday, Jan. 1. ESPN’s bowl schedule and the college football season will conclude with the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T (8 p.m.) on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018.

The College Football Playoff Semifinals will be a part of ESPN’s January 1 schedule, with the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual beginning at 5 p.m. and College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl starting at 8:45 p.m. The entire New Year’s Six and the CFP National Championship will air on ESPN.
ESPN’s 2017-18 Bowl Schedule

Date

Time (ET)

Game

Network

Sat, Dec 16

Noon

Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl

ABC

1 p.m.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

ESPN

3:30 p.m.

Las Vegas Bowl

ABC

4:30 p.m.

Gildan New Mexico Bowl

ESPN

8 p.m.

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl

ESPN

Tue, Dec 19

7 p.m.

Boca Raton Bowl

ESPN

Thu, Dec 21

8 p.m.

St. Petersburg Bowl

ESPN

Fri, Dec 22

12:30 p.m.

Bahamas Bowl

ESPN

4 p.m.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

ESPN

Sat, Dec 23

12 p.m.

Birmingham Bowl

ESPN

3:30 p.m.

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl

ESPN

7 p.m.

Dollar General Bowl

ESPN

Sun, Dec 24

8:30 p.m.

Hawai’i Bowl

ESPN

Tue, Dec 26

TBD

Quick Lane Bowl

ESPN

TBD

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl

ESPN

TBD

Cactus Bowl

ESPN

Wed, Dec 27

1:30 p.m.

Independence Bowl

ESPN

5:15 p.m.

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

ESPN

9 p.m.

Texas Bowl

ESPN

Thu, Dec 28

1:30 p.m.

Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman

ESPN

5:15 p.m.

Camping World Bowl

ESPN

9 p.m.

Valero Alamo Bowl

ESPN

Fri, Dec 29

1 p.m.

Belk Bowl

ESPN

4:30 p.m.

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

ESPN

8:30 p.m.

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic*

ESPN

Sat, Dec 30

Noon

TaxSlayer Bowl

ESPN

12:30 p.m.

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

ABC

4 p.m.

PlayStation Fiesta Bowl*

ESPN

8 p.m.

Capital One Orange Bowl*

ESPN

Mon, Jan 1

Noon

Outback Bowl

ESPN2

12:30 p.m.

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl*

ESPN

1 p.m.

Citrus Bowl

ABC

5 p.m.

College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual*

ESPN

8:45 p.m.

College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl*

ESPN

Mon, Jan 8

8 p.m.

College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&T

ESPN

Additional bowls may be added in the future. All schedules subject to change.
Miami Beach Bowl is in process of being acquired by ESPN Events and further information on location, game date/time and network will be announced later